The Greening of a future PM

WHEN Westminster Education Secretary Justine Greening flounced off in a huff rather than accept a move to Work and Pensions in Theresa May’s botched reshuffle, Dog wondered how long it would take her to settle into a new role as an embittered backbencher plotting the PM’s downfall. By Friday evening, Ms Greening was entertaining Ruth Davidson as the star guest at a fundraiser in her Putney constitutency. As the Scottish Tory leader is forever being tipped as a future Prime Minister, Dog trusts Mrs May is keeping a close eye on them both. MEANWHILE, poor Jackson Carlaw is finding life as Ms Davidson’s deputy a bit of a headache. On returning to Holyrood with a three-day migraine after the festive break, he told fellow MSPs in the Chamber: ‘You’re a blur. I’ve only got a vague idea that you’re here.’ With MSPs preparing to bang on for the umpteenth time about ‘Scotland’s Place in Europe’, he added sadly: ‘I think it’s the thought of this debate that brought this on.’